COURSE OBJECTIVES:
➢ Geovia Whittle Software with 30-day Evaluation License for Educational Purposes
➢ OptimalSlope Software with 30-day Evaluation License for Educational Purposes
➢ OptiSim is an Educational Partner of Dassault Systemes, OptimalSlope & WAIMM
➢ Course is Available for Onsite and Online Delivery upon Request
➢ Understanding the principal concepts of strategic mine planning and improving
economic performance such as revenue and cost
➢ Exploring practical stochastic pit-limit optimization, pushback designs and mine-life estimation
➢ Determining optimal profiles for slopes and pitwalls
➢ Learning the principles and concepts of mathematical programming and its applications to
integrated mine planning and waste management
➢ Knowing about open pit/underground mining options optimization
➢ Understanding mine production scheduling and its financial risk management
➢ Discovering practical techniques in mine planning for grade, tonnage and metal uncertainty
➢ Exploring cut-off grades, stockpiling and waste management strategies
➢ Participating in hands-on computer labs on the applications of new optimization concepts
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Mining, operations
Project and exploration managers
Mine planners and Mine engineers
Geotechnical engineers, Geoscientists, Geostatisticians and Geologists
Metallurgists
Financial analysts and and directors
COURSE OUTLINE:
➢ Strategic mine planning and economic performance
➢ Mining revenues and costs
➢ Pushbacks (phases) and ultimate pit limit optimization
➢ Practical pushback design with minimum mining width
➢ Optimal profiles for slopes and pitwalls (online guest lecture)
➢ Life-of-mine production planning/scheduling
➢ Mine-life estimation
➢ Cut-off grade optimization and Lane’s theory
➢ Stockpiling strategy
➢ Directional mining control
➢ Simultaneous optimization of mining value chain
➢ multi-mine multi-process production scheduling
➢ Mine-to-mill production planning
➢ Blending and non-linear recovery in processing streams
➢ Mine planning considerations for contract mining
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➢ Characterization of mineralized mine waste as future resource
➢ Integrated production and waste disposal scheduling
➢ Strategic mining options optimization: open-pit mining, underground mining or both
➢ Open-pit / underground mining transition optimization
➢ Mine production risk management and integrated optimization
➢ Stochastic pit limit optimization and pushback design
➢ Stochastic mine planning optimization methods
➢ An approach to mine planning with grade, tonnage and metal uncertainty
➢ Case Studies: Oil Sands, Gold, Copper and Iron Ore Deposits
➢ Eleven detailed step-by-step hands-on computer application labs
➢ Additional special lab for determining optimal slope profiles for pitwalls
➢ Participants will need a laptop for lab exercises
➢ Software and printed copy of lectures and lab instructions will be provided
➢ Continuous online lab support beyond course end date
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
Date: August 11 – 15, 2025
Time: 8:30am – 5:00pm GMT daily
Location: Busua Beach Resort
Course fee in USD
➢ Regular $3,200 (Before July 15th, 2025)
➢ Early Bird $3,000 (Before July 1st, 2025)
➢ Multi-person (≥2) $3,000 (Before July 15th, 2025)
➢ Course fee includes hotel accommodation and all meals
Registration Deadline
July 15, 2025
CONTACT:
Please in case of any further information and participation, kindly contact us at events@waimm.org or the WAIMM office and we will get back to you with all the details you will need.
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